The New York Herald Newspaper, March 1, 1870, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL, PARTS OF THE WORLD Parliamentary Proceedings in England and Spain. THE BRITISH NAVAL ESTiMs TES. A Spanish Cardinal Made Amenable to the State. England in Direct Telegraphic Communi- cation with Asia. Papal Decision in Pere Hya- cinthe’s Case. Tho Triangular International Yacht Race—Mr, Ashbury Declines the Contest. Another Battle Reported in Paraguay. Lopez Again Defeated, with Heavy Losses. Fearful Boiler Bxplosion in Penn- sylvania. ENGLAND. Parliamentary Progress—Premier Gladstone on Education, the Foreign Relations and Telegraphs. , Lonpon, Feb. 28, 1870, The House of Lords to day had a brief debate on ‘tne Sunday Trading btll and adjourned, In the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone promised tue early introduction of practical measures for edu- cation tn Ireland and Scotland. hs Mr. Gladstone also informed the House that the reciprocity treaty with Austria would soon come before it and afford an opportunity for a thorough discussion of the commercial treaties, Tho Postmaster General announced that in defe- rence to universal complaint the restoration of the Practice of giving receipis for the payment of ‘elographic tolls was ander consideration. Mr. CHILDERS then proposed and explained a Scheme for the retirement of naval officers. He said ‘that in maxing changes in the personnel of the navy the government sougut to promote efficiency, econ- ‘omy and general contentment in the service, and he velleved {ese three objects could be attained, Mr. Corry, formerly First Lord of the Admiralty, made a lengthy defence of the administration of naval affuirs under the Disraeli government. After turther discussion by Messrs. Samuda, MeCandlish, Gilpin, Baxter, Hoy, Lewis and Vivian, the House voced the supplies asked for by Mr, Childers, ‘ The Navy Estimates—Foret of the Country at Sea. LOnpon, Feb, 28, 1870. Yn the House of Commotis to-day Mr. Childers, First Lord of the Admiralty, laid before the House the estimates for tnd expenditures the navy, which amount to nme and oné-qil miliioia sterling. He proceeded to explain and jastify the estimates, laying airess on the outlay required for ‘the building of the tron-clads. Tie stated that when all the vessels now in process of construction were completed the iron-ciad fleet would consist of two ‘broadside ships of the largest size, six of the second class, nine of the third, eight of the fourtn, four of the ith and twoof the sixth. Of turret ships there would be twoof the first class, five of the second and two of the third. Besides these there were a @umber of smaljer iron vessels. This fleet would ‘place England on an equal footing with tne highest naval power mm the world. He proposed, in order to keep its strength up to this standard, to add yearly 20,000 tons to the navy, including 12,000 tons of armored and turretted ships and fast frigates, The Atiantic and Great Western Railroad een Affairs. Ni ay Lonpon, Feb, 23, 1870. ‘The Bultionist (newspaper) in an article on the af- fairs of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, urges the submisston of the affairs of that company to arbitration, and proposes Lords Derby and Cairns as arbitrators. AE nee io eae Telegraphic Communication with India. * Lonpon, Feb. 28, 1870, The submarine cable from Bombay, India, to Aden, a) the mouth of the Red Sea, haa been suc- cessfully laid by the steamship Great Faster. ‘This lhk places England and her Indian colonies in iret telegraphic communication. Messages from Bombay of to-day’s date have been received here to-day. The War Off_ive Reforms, Lonpon, Feb, 28, 1870. In the Bouse of Commons to-day the bill making rejomms 1 the War Office was considered and passed in commitice, after which the s1ouse adjourned. Aatatic Sport—Scullers’ Match Between Heath and Sadler. Lonpon, Feb, 28, 1870, The sculiers’? match for fifty pounds a side, be- twen J. Heath, of Greenwich, and W. Sadler, of Puney, brother of the ex-champton of the Thames, tok place at three o’clock this afternoon. {he race was over the cour:¢ from Putney to Mort- lale, a distance of five and a quarter miles, and was raved agalast the stream, ‘The match was won by Sadler, who beat Heath eaily. The race had been twice postponed on ac- oqint of the tce in the river. WV. Sadier ts the man who was beaten on the Tyne gt year by Walter Brown, the American champton, WALES. The Miner#” Wages Strike. Lonvon, Feb. 28, 1870, The strike of the miners In Wales is extending. Amenable to the Law. MADRID, Feb. 28, 1870, In the Cortes the debate is sttll In progress over the proposition to indict Cardinal Garcia y Cuesta, Archbishop of Santiago. ‘A substitute was Introduced denying that the @ortes nad authority to proceed against the Arch- Dishop, who ig a member of the Cortes—not because of tne superiority of the priesthood to the law, but in consequence of the {nviolabtlity of the Deputy. ‘The substitute was supported by the republicans, ‘Dat was defeated by a vote of 06 to 59, Disloyalty in the Army. MADRID, Feb, 28, 1870. Three brigadier generals and several colonels ot the army have been transferred to distant posi in various parts of the peninsula on account of their disloyal utterances. FRANCE. the Foreign Malls. Postal Rules and Leexrirnnn A decree in the Journat Opiciet prescribes that the conditions applied to newspapers and samples of merchandise sent by mail trom France to the United ‘Btates shall be the same, whether the maiter ts for * warded directly from France to American porte OF by way of Rogigad. YACHTING. The Triangular International Yacht Raco— Mr, Ashbury Declines the Contest. Lonpon, Feb. 28, 1870. Mr, Ashbury has refused to enter the triangular contest proposed by himself between his yacht the Cambria and Mr. Dougias’ yacht Sappho, unless the latter will allow a certain amount of tle in favor of the Cambria as an offset’ for the difference in ton- nage. aie ITALY. Bank Failure nd Distress, APLES, Feb, 28, 1870, There {8 gredt distress among all claases of people tbroughout the southexn provinces of Italy, occa- sioned by the fallure of a bank at Scilla, - ROME. « Hopeful for Spain. Roma, Feb. 28, 1870. ‘The Journats announce that the Prince of asturias will receive his first communion from the hands uf the Pope, Father Hyaciuthe’s Case. Rous, Feb, 28, 1870, ‘The Pope’s secularization of Pére Hyacinthe gives Colored Account of a Skirmish Near Puerte PrincipeWhat One Hundred Colored Sol- diera Can Do—Spavish Yaros—Santa Anua at Nassau. HAVANA, Feb, 28, 1870, A detachment of 100 negro troops was attacked by 600 insurgents on the line of the railroad between Puerto Principe and Nuevitas @ few days since. The insurgents were driven off with loss. A great many people of Puerto Principe are com- ing within the Spanish lines, Several of the most prominent insurgents of the Puerto Principe region have asked permission of the government authort- ties to surrender. The Captain General nas con- sented, and the insurgents will come to Havana direct instead of going to Puerto Princtpe, General Santa Anna was sent to Nassau yesterday op board of a Spanish war steamer. In addition to the party of Colonel Garcia, eignty- six more insurgents have surrendered themselves in the Cinco Villas district. The railroad trom Nuevitas to San Miguel, which was torn up in many places by the insurgent, ts again in running order, ‘The telegraph to Santiago de Cuba, Palma and Sarrano, is also re-established. THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. Another Great Victory Over Lopez—The Paraguaynn Chief Still at Large—The Argentine Army in Pursuit. Lonpon, Feb. 28, 1970. Rio Janeiro newspapers received by the mail Steamer at Lisbon contain still later news from the Seat of war in South America. Lopez retreated with about six hundred Paraguayans. They were over- taken by a body of troops of the Argentine republic and completely routed. Lopez, however, made good his escape. He left behind all bis sick and wounded, together with the families he beld as prisoners, and threw into the river @ great part of his artillery. General Canary, with a large force, was in hot pur- suit of Lopez. Six tron-clads had returned to Rio Janetro, prov- tog that the war is practically ended. [ee THE PACIFIC COAST. Pioneer Ship of the Australian Mail Line— Favorable Mining Advices from Arizoua. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 1870, Floar and wheat quiet and unchanged. Legal tenders 87. ‘The steamship Nebraska, which is now in this port ready for sea, ia to be the ploneer vessel of the Aus- tralian mail line. She will sail for Sydney and Mel- Baurne ddgut the 26th of March. 4 Later Ari2ona advices have been received. The mining néws 13 Javorabie. Kich mineral discoveries are reported. Gin@ icug® of gold bearing quarta near Bradshaw mountain hap een traced 6,000 teen Twenty claims are located on Tt, The rook eae $2,000 to $3,500 per ton. Flour at Prescott Was dg ciining aud was selling at thirty-six doliars por barrel, MISSISSIPPI. The Case of Yerger Transferred to thé Civil Authorities~Yerger Committed to Prisoh on a Charge of Murder—Death of an Army Officer. JACKSON, Feb. 28, 1870. At three o'clock to-day EB, M. Yerger, who nas been in military confinement since June last on @ charge of killing Lieutenant Colonel Joseph G, Crane, was transferred to the custody of the Shertif of Hinds county by an order from the Adjutant General of the United ScatesgArmy, Lieu- tenant William Atwood, Adjutant General of the Fourth Military District, tmmediately maue an affi- davit before Judge Cabaness charging Yerger with te murder of Colonel Crane on the sth of June, 1569, The counsel for the defence waived an exam: ination and Yerger was committed without bail. Captaiu Kenelou Robbins, United States Army, unaseigned, died here to- He was a native of Massachusetts and & graduate at West Point, He formerly served with the Forty-third intantry and the Sixth cavalry. ‘The Legislature meets next Tuesday. MASSACHUSETTS. Mysterious Death of a Rough—Prize Fight at Quincy—Returning to Specie Payment. ep sere Boston, Feb, 28, 1870, The body of John Dean, one of a party of four roughs who rescued a thief from policeman McNa- Mara three weeks ago, has been found in the dock with a pistol ball in his head. It is supposed he Was shot by the officer, who fired three shots when the attack was made upon him, and that having ex- pired on the nands of his friends while being taken Bway they threw ube body Into the dock. A prize ie for $500 a side was fought on Sunday pee at Quincy, In an unoccupyed building, between Mike Murray and. Ted McMahon. Stx rounds ended the affair. Murray was the victor. McMahon was severely punished and rendered sightiess, bota eyes being buaged up. ‘The directors of the Boston and Maine Ratiroad Company bave voted to pay in gold their coupons: of the Danvers Kailroad, due to-morrow. ILLINOIS. Burning of the Female Coljege at Juckson- ville. CHICAGO, Feb, 28, 1870, A special despatch to the 7rivune says:—At nine o’ciock this morning the Illinois Female College at Jacksonville was discovered op fire, and before the flames could be arrested the entire matin buildt was destroyed. The building belonged to the Iilinols conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The large wing of the structure was saved uninjured, and the furniture was all saved, though in a damaged condition. There were about you jady pupils in the building, ail of waom escaped un- injured and savea their wearing apparel and books, ‘The 108s ta about $40,000, and Insurance $35,000, ag foliows:—Home, of New York, $5,000; Republic, of Chicago, $10,000; Atna, of Hartford, $10,000; North American, of Philadelpuia, $5,000; Security, of New York, $6,000, EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, Feb. 28, 4:30 P. M.—Consols closed at 97%, for both money and the account, United States tive-twenty bonds, 1462, 9046; 1865, Old, 89%; 1667, 8834; ten-fortles, 86. Erie Rauway shares, 22; Iitinols Central, 11134; Atlantic and Great Western, 20}. FRANKFORT BOURSE.—FRANKFORT, Feb, 28.— Bonds closed firm; five-twenties, 953, 9 9554. Paris BOURSE.—PaRis, Feb, 28.—The Bourse closed firm. Rentes 73f. 95. LIVERPOOL COrroN MABKRT.—LIVERPOOL, Feb. 28, 4:30 P, M.—The cotton market closed steady. Midadling uplands, 113<4.; middling Orleans, 11344. @ ied. igs. sales of whe Gay have een. 10,000 bates, includt jor export and speculation. t suipaienes of cotton from Bombay to the 2cth Inst. since the last report have been 5,000 bales. Haves CoTroN MaRksT.—Havesg, Feb. 28,—The cotton market closed fat. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKRT.—LIVRRPOOL, Feb. 28, 4 P. M.—Lard, 658. LIVERPOOL BRRADSTUFFS MARKET.— LIVERPOOL, Feb, 28.—1ne market is quiet, LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—LONDON, Feb. 28— Linseed o1!, £31 158, & £32 per ton;iturpentine easier; tallow trmer, but noc quotaoly higher. PATROLEUM MARKEI.—ANTWERP, Feb, 23,—Petra- Tenm olowed quice et PENNSYLVANIA. Fearful Disaster in ScrautoumExplosion of a Boller inn Rolling MiI--Nine Persons Killed and Seventcon Wounded. SCRANTON, Fev. 23, 1870. ‘The bdolier of heating turnace No. 2, at the ratl- Toad tron rolling millof the Lackawanna ron aud Coal Company of this city, exploded about haif-past five o'clock this afternoon. A portion of the roof, win allits heavy timbers, shafting, &c., 95 by 100 fect, was blown into the air. and fell with a tre- mendous crasa,. The force of the explosion Book nut be city. ‘Twouty or thirty mon werg buried tn @ ruins. if be The portion gt fhe rolling mifi whats {ho oxplo- s10n took pla fas waere two imeh bars wero roll ‘bo excaping stein filled that part of the milt for bail A lore the work ot getung tho at meneed, The sllcwins —donn Sweeny, voy; + Martinamn, Martini. Welsh, Whies *“Goa- nelly, Patrick — Moran, in Powg, Bike Gannon, —— Hilly, son hag Huy, Another man, Timothy Smith, afer being aXsiste home vy two men, died, making in all nine dead The fouiowing were whore oF Je, injured:—Lewis Pie ams, John Engle, Charley Hartman, son of Pex who was killed; Patrick Kelly, Teddy ‘Tierney—thi»' man was locked in the ruins uearly a hour, suifer- ing much from steam; he is dangerously injured— Curiatian Werth, J. Jones, W. Kans, ——~ McNearney, —— Mawery, Matthew snow, Phulp Weichel, Thomas Rafferty, James Hanley, Emanuel Osland, William Coslett, Philip McAndrew. ‘The extent of the damage Cannot a8 yet be ascertained. Tho Coal Miners’ Sirike—The Scranton Mon Retuse to Turn Out. Scuanton, Feb, 28, 1570, There was no stoppage of work ou the part of the miners to-day in this portion of the coal fields, the employés of the three large companies—tne Delu- Ware, Lackawanna and Wes‘ern, the Pennsylvania Coal Company and the Delaware CanalfCompany—re- fusing to turn out, The men in the vicinity of Wulkesbarre have the matter under advisement, and there was no turn out there to-day. Important Decision of the Supreme Court Concerning Savings Banks. PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 28, 1870, The Supreme Court has decided a case brought by the State Deputy’s Escheater against the Phila- delphia Saving Fund Society for $700,000 unclaimed deposits, which the commonwealth claimed to have escheated, on the ground that i consisted of deposits, the owners of which had qied, leaving no lawful claimants tothem. ‘The decision says:—‘The proceedings to escheat surplus funds being illegal, both in Its object and its modes, the Judge at nist prisus wag right in enjoining it. The act 1s contrary to law, and is pre- judicial to the interests of the society and its deposit ors. No one can doubt that an attempt to wrest trom It its surplus junds with the apparent approba- tion of the Court must impair !t and curtail its busi- ness, and might subject it to the seizure of tts de- posits, forcing it either to suspend payment or to impair its assets by sacrifices necessary to maintain its solvency.” NEW HAMPSHIRE. Republican Meeting in Concord—Speech by Congressman Dawes—Spirited Defence of the Administration. Concorp, Feb. 28, 1870. A very lorge audience assembled at Phoenix Hall this evening to listen to an address by Hon, Henry L. Dawes George A. Pillsbury, heretofore a prominent democrt, presided. On taking the chair se gave his reason for acting with the republican — party, id stated his objections to the platform of the labor reform party. Mr. Dawes was warmly received, and he delivered in substance the speech made at Nashua on Saturday evening. The speci elicited frequent applause, es- pecially when he stated that tne expendicures of the government should be cut down to the lowest point, and that to secure this end President Grant has Nedged bis honest efforts. ‘the speech ovcupied an nour and # haif iu delivery. UMITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Date of the Close of the War—The Plea of Linitations—Parties to Writs of Error Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 1870, The United States vs. Nelson Anderson and Three Other Cases—Appeals from the Court of Qlatms.— These were actions brought to recover fhe proceeas of captured and abandoned propery indét the thira, section of the act of Marc 4$%sos, ‘Toe act pro- vides that any person, Glatmisig 8 have been the owner Of sUch nropérty may et ay ‘dime witplp tS years after the Pas tastoa Be ge Yebellion prefer his claim to the proceeds in the Court of Claims, and that on proof of ownershtp and Of loyalty the residue shall be paid over to tne claim- ant, after deducting the expenses attending the dis- position of the property. The government urged before the court below that the actions were not brought within two years trom the iime of the sup- pression of the rebellion in the several 1oedilttes ‘Where the claimants resided, and tat such a limi. tation was the intention of the act; also that the Court of Claims could not’ determine the amount of the net proceeds of the cotton and give judgment for aspecific sum. Both objections were overruled, and judgment was given for the claimanta , The government appealed to this court, where the judgurent was now affirmed, Mr. Justice Davis delivering the opinion. The Court say, in substance, that i canyot be supposed this act was intended to operate speviaily in respect to localities and the date of the suppression of the rebellion therein, but it must be considered to refer to the date of the suppression of the rebellion throughout the couutry, and to apply gene- rally to all sections; also that it could not have been the tatention of Congress to leave that question to be determined by the people for them- selves, or that the people wer bound to take notice of the date of the suppression of the rebellion whenever it occurred, and to govern themsel' accordingly in remard to these claims and all other matters. Some official mode of determining the question must be considered to have been contem- pane by Congress. Accordingly Congress, y the act of March 2, 1867, recognized the 20th of August, 1866, as the time of the close of the rebellion (the date of the proclamation of the President), and that date is to be regarded for all purposes of litigation aa the day on which the rebellion ceased. The objection that the Court of Claims could not determine the amount of the proceeds and give judgment for a specific sum could not be sustained without holdlug that that court Was @ mere commission, which this court de- clined to assert. The case of Commodore Meade vs. The United States, under tho treaty with Spain of 1819, was taken up and is now under consideration, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. A. G. Egbert, of Franklin, Tenn.; s. B. Phillips, of Chicago; S$. Drullard, of Buffalo, and J. Tilling- hast, of Albany, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. O. B. Madison, of Utica; Thomas Fitch, of Neva- da; W. E. Chandler, of Washington; L. D. Myers, of Columbus, Ohio; 8. R. Van Duser, of Newourg, and J. K. Tyler, of Buffalo, are at the Astor House. Captain J. W. Dilienback, of the United States Army; Colonel William Gunn, of Springfield, Mass., aud F, E, Morse, of Chicago, are at the Hoffman House. Dr. Benyan, of St. John’s; Willlam McPherson, of St. Louis; John L. King, of Springfeld, Mass.; J. B. Roney, of Philadelphia, and Colonel C. 0. Holbrook, of Boston, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. J. Milton Mackie, of Great Barrington, and Robert Oliver Colt, of Fiushing, are at the Everett House, Harry A. Brown, of Philadelphia; H. M. Schteffe- lin and General H. T. Coiling are attne Albemarle Hotel. 0. W. Peabody and J. M, Forbes, of Bostou, are at the Brevoort House. E. C. Boudinet, of Washington, and John Engils, of London, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. General Anseime Prophete, of Haytt, and Colonel M. Lono, of Cuba, are at the Rochester House, Prominent Departures. General Robinson and ©. Sargent, for Washing- ton; Rev. Dr. Buell, for Sing Sing, and Colonel W. L, Scott, for Philadelphia. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MAIDEN LANE. About nine o'clock last night a fire occurred in the five atory brick building Nos. 59 and 61 Maiden lane. At the time of its discovery the {flames had ined such headway that the firemen had great iMiculty in checking them, and did nos finally subdue them until heavy damage had been done. ‘The building, which belongs to the Ward estate, was damaged $7,000; covered by insurance. The first floor and basement of No. 59, occuplea by Heischman & Co., plate giays ond mirrors, dam- aged Lapa insured for $30,000; first Noor of No. 61, occupied by New Jersey Zinc Company, damage trifitng; second floor of Nos, 9 and G1 and third floor of No. 59, occupied by Henry B Veseis, toys and fancy goods; damaged $15,000, In- sured for $25,000. Third floor of No. 61 and fourth and flith floors of Nos. 59 and 61, occupied by J. Pel- letrau, printer; 1089 $10,000; insurance couid not be ‘ascertained. ‘The fire originated among the toyes on the third floor of No, 5%, Cause of iguition not known TORRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA. Sinking of the United States Steamer Oneida Near Yokohama, Japan. One Hundred and Twenty Men on Board Reported Lost. prnmeranernnnaes The Disaster Caused by Collision with an Bnglish Steamer. oe List of Officers on Board the Oncida. ee oe Sketch Wes Naval pervices During and Sinoo the Rebelliod. Yesterday the startling Intelligence was recelved from Washington that the Untted States steamer Oneida bad colfidert the Britisn steamer Bom- bay near YoKonama, and \oad sunk, carrying down with her one bumiael and twenty men, The news will be re with =the Acopest possible regret because of the frightful loss of ife, ana also because the Oneida was OL of the most trustworthy vessels in our navy. Aronjd ber clustered much of glory, achieved tn our rocent xivil war, the naval engagements at New Orleans ana Vicksburg attesting tho value of her services to the country. PARTICULARS OF THR DISASTER. As yet the details of the disaster have not beer received, the following despatch from Minister Mot- ley to the Secretary of State giving all that ts known:— LONDON, Fab, 28, 1870, Secretary Fisn, State Department, Washington:— ‘The followmg telegram has just been received from the managing directors of tho Pentusular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company:— “QALLE, Ceylon, Feb, 22, 1870. “about fifteen miles from Yokohama, bound in, the Bombay came into collision with the American corvette Uneida. The latter sunk soon after, with the loss of about one hundred and twenty men, The Bombay was not muuch injured.” The Bombay was due at Yokohama from Hong Kong on the 24th of January. MOTLEY. ‘The foregoing 1s all that has been received at Washingtcn, Secretary Robesou, of tle Navy De- partment, being apprised or the collision through the State Department. It will be observed that no date is given of the disaster, bat it seems evident to us that it must have occurred on the 2% of January, as the naval register of the HrraLp records the de- parture of the Oueld’ on thatday from Yokohama, bound for Hong Kong. It thus appears tnat the steamers must have met on the same day, or on the day following, at a more considerable distance from the first named port than is given I the despatch frrm Ceylon. SKETCH OF THR ONRIDA. Tne steamer Onetda was a screw propeller of 1,182 tons old measurement and 695 new measurement. She was built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1861, her engines being constracted by Murphy & Co., of this city, On the 20th of November of therame year she was launched, and early in March, 1862, she was putin commission, She was rated third class in the navy, and although built for ten rans carried but eight. In all respects she waa thoroughly con- structed and equipped. Her propeller had four Agnges instead of two, and her engines were of 100 porse OQWer. In length she was 228 feet, 1n breadth thirty-three’ QD m depth thirteen fect, Her rig was that of thys¢-Masted schooner. Her arma- inch guns, four Y Dalugren rifled ~e, 1 HEH NAVAL CARBER. “tug On the Sth of March, 1862, the Onetda satted YOM tne Brooklyn Nayy Yard under the command o.” Captain S. P. Lee. She accompanied Admiral Far- ragut’s fleet in the famous expedition against New Orleans, and on the 24th of April passed Forts Jaok- sorMind St, Philip, with the other steamers, under a heavy fire. No sooner had the fleet run past the forte than the Confederate gunboats attacked them, ana, discovermg one crossing her bows, the Oneida ran ito her with a full heat of steam, and, cutting her down, left her, Jmme- diately after sne aided im the destruction of the Governor Moore, On the day following this engagement the Onelda participated tn the attack on the Confederate batteries at Chalmette, reducing them. On the 27th of April she destroyed the ob- structions in the Missiasippi river, above Caroilton, Miss., and on the 18th of May came in sight of Vicksburg, a demand for the surrender of which was made by her commander, On the 25th of June, when Farragut attacked and ran the batteries, the Oneida accompanted him. She also participated In the engagement which took place on July 15 of the same mont consisted of tw eleven thirty-two pounders, and two h. guns. year, when the Confederate ram Arkansas surprised | and successfully passed the feets of Farragat and Davis above Vicksburg. Late in the year she was on duty blockaaimg Mobile, when the privateer Oreto, afterwards known as the Floriaa, ran tuto the bay. Throughout the war the Oneida was attached to the West Gulf squadron, and although she was not conspicnously engaged in the naval operations Which took place subsequent to 1862 she did good and effective service. HBR CAREER SINCK THE WAR After the war ceased the Oneida came to this port and went into dock at the Breoklyn Navy Yard, where she was thoroughly repaired. In 1867 sne was again put in commission and ordered to the Asiatic squadron, where she remained, crulsing between the different ports in China and Japan. As was stated at the beginning of this article, she started from Yo-. kobama, where sne had been for several weeks, on January 23, bound for Hong Kong, and must have been sunk the same day. LIST OF HER OFFICERS. ‘The following isa list of the oMicers that were on board the Oneida, as it appears on the books of the Navy Department, The telegraphic despatch doea not mention whether any were lost or saved. As changes might have been made since the iast report, it 19 not unlikely that some of the oficers whose names are given below were not on board at all, and it would b@ best for the friends and relatives of all to awals further and falier intelligence, As regards the unfortunate seamen who bave lost their lives, it is impossible at present to ascertain thelr names:— Commander—Edward P. Willams. Lieutenant Commanders—William F, Stuart and Alonzo W. Muldaur. Surgeon—James Suddarcs. Assistant Surgeon—Edward Frothinghao. Passed Assistant Paymaster—Thomas 1, Tul- lock, Jr. Master3s—Walter Sargent, Joun K, Phelan, Isaac J. Yates and Charles B, Arnold. Engineors—Firat Asslatant (tn charged Ne B. Lit- tig, and First Assistant Howland Barstow; Second Assisiants John Torrance and Quarles W. 0. Senter, Bagstan—J, W, Cowie. Carpenter—J, D. Pinner. Captain's Clerk—William W. Crowninsbtetd. Paymaster's Clerk—W, ©. Thomas. THE RESYONSIBILITY FOR THB DISASTER. I the absence of detatis tt 8 of course impossible to form an idea as to where the responsibility resis for the terrible 1033 of life that has taken place, and for tue losa of 40 fine @ vessel as the Uneidea was. All the prominent oMcers possessed creditable repu- tations, and we trust that the investigation which the Nuvy Department will undoubtedly order will acquit them of avy und ail responsibility in the matter. DISASTER OV THE SOUND, CREE Ey cere. Schoouer BovJamin Bile Wk Bein and Sunk by Stonmer Thetin—The Captuin and Three Men Lont. {From the Providence Journal of Feb. 23.) About one o'clock A. Friday, 25¢n inst., steamer Thetis, Captain Gale, a freight steamer of the Népttine line, which lof here at nine ¥. M. ‘Thuraday, ran into échooner Benjamin Batier, Cap- tain Theodore Fowler, from Elizabethport, N. J., bound for Providence, loaded with coal, when otf Waten Hill, and jiterally cut her in_ two, sinking fer wstantly, Captain Fowler, Joseph Northrop, James McKenzie and a colored cook nawed Atnos Malburn were jost. Tue mate, George North- Top, Was picked up by the Thetis, alter being in the Water some half an hour, and tdken to New York, whence he arrived in this city Saturday morning by the steamey Star of a) East, and proceeded imme- diately to bis othe, Wicktord, without giving any barticuiars, ‘The lost men were young, Unmarried men, belonging in Wickford, except the cook, who belonged in this city, ‘The schooner was owned in Providenco gud Wickford, Messra. Parley M, Mathewson, Hiram eed and Heary Fowler being the principal owners. fhe coal was for Messrs, Manchester, Hopkins & VO. ‘Tacre was no insurance on either Vessel or cargo. Ib ts supposed, tae wind bioWiNg @ galo ut the time, that the lanterns of the sex oOuer Were covered with ico and her lighas were not Meu by the ‘Tuetis Lill tt was too late to. avert the disaster. ‘The following reference to the disaster 1s made in the log of the steamer Tueris:— Steamer Thetis left Providence at a quarter to nine P. M, February 24, wind northwest; when about five miles east of Woateh Iill, at a quarter to two A. M., 26th, collided with schooner Bén Butler. When urst seen’ on port bow no light wasto be seen from the steamer; put wheel to port. I then discovered that the xchooner was running actous our bow; let the wheel run amidships, stopped and reversed (he ougine, ws collision avemed inevitable. On account of Schooner’a lwiing across ateamer’s bow, truck her just aft her maia rigging Ing her to sink 10 a few minutes, lowving her crew ‘at the mercy of tho waves; lowered » boat “from steamer immediately, succeeding in savin, one man, he being the only ome that could be found, and took him on board the steamer in aa inseasible condition in about twenty minutes (the others having pertshed before Auxintanos could be rendered) and Fe of a vessel, ould pot see tocar til right ou them, and the wind was blowing a gale from the nortuwest. Capiain Gale says they met a bark but a sport time previous; hee Lguts being high saw them dis- iinetij, bub coud see no suis, He thinks te schoouer Must have lufed up to the wind to take lu the foresail, as uvey had just lowered 1% when the collision occurred. EXPLOSION ON THE O10, ploded and Seven or Fight Persons Killed. (From the Oincinnatt times, Feb. 26,) A boat, supposed to be the towboat Hupo, with a tow of empty barges, while coming up the river this afternoon, exploded her boliers near North Benc two o'clock, and immediately alterwarda cau fire, and when last seen the wreck was floating down ® mass of surging Hames. Five of te wounded are aé North Bend, and seven or eight are supposed to have been killed. The explosion completely shattered ihe oat, and several persons were huried into the utr. It 18 possible at the present moment to learn the names of the kiled and injured. ‘The following was ovtained by one of our reporters:—Conductor Peter Martenstein, of the Ludianapolis and Cmelnnati Road, reports that at twenty minutes to eight P. M., when the train was at Cleves, about one mile rom North Bend, the passengers on the train heard Inexplosion, Wiltch proved to be & steamboat, bu wheitera towboat or miatiboat, ne could pot say. He saw the wreck, nearty all blown to pieces and on tire, Hoaung dow the river. He also stated was a passenger that came on board the tram at Nort! Bond said that @ man, supposed to be the pilot ol the boat, Was thrown 260 ory 400 feet in the air, The Late of the boat Is the Neville, Oue of the bodies has washed asnore, A 'Towboat E: 208 IN FOURTH STREET. Av EDIZOR The Editor of tho Irish American Shot by the secretary of the Fenian Brotherhuod=Tho Wound Considered Serious. Shordy before eleven o'clock last wt Fourth street, near Broadway, wag fee avother being skronded in consideranle mystery. boys the hour named Mr. Patrick J. Meehan, edlior of tho irish American, Was standing In front of Fentan headquarters, No. 10 Fourth street, when some one Spproached kint from behind and fred a pistol close to “WM, the bail from which took effect in the right side of Wis neck. Mr. Mechan, before ne fell to the grewad, locted round and at once recog. nized the man who had fired the shot as James Keenan, MMe secretary of the Fenian Brother- hood. ‘The repo."t Of & pistol ip such near propin- quity to Broaawa,* $00n caused a large crowd to atner, and as Mr. Mc'han lay upon the sidewalk ne niormed the menbers “hereof that he had been shot by aman with red whisk. fs, and also announced his name aa James Keenan. Ncsooner had the shot been fired than Keenan took to nus heels and began run- ning down Fourtu street to\¥ards Mercer street, Opicer Stranea, who heard the s.\t fred, gave chase to tom, and, with the assistance of @ fireman, suc- ceeded in capturing im, Mr. Meehan was taken into a drug store in the neighbOtaeod, where medical assistance wus at once procured, Jt was ascertained that the wound i of a very serious nature, the ball having taken an upward direction, and {tt was foand impossible to extract it frour tie wound, Mr. Meehan, while in the drug store, although in a very excited coudition, again asserted that Its Would-be assassin was we man James Keenan. officer Strauss, after obtaining the assistance of officer Dunn, took his prisoner to the Fifteenth ward stauoa house, aud on the way thither the former took from Keepan’s Inside cuat pocket @ five-barreiled Colt’s revolver, with two barrels empty, one of which had evi- denily been but recently discharged. At the siution house Keenan dented ever having fred ashovat all. He stated that he had no troupie whatever with Meehan and was not present when the shooting took place, but was arrested as he was taking ® “run around the block.” He further states tuat he had not spoken to Meehan all night and therefore could have had no quarrel with him. He explains tae two empty barrela by stating that he discharged one in Fenian headquarters, night before last, and the other at the corner of Mercer ana Fourth streets, Jast night. Mr. Keenan ciaims to be secretary or the Brotherhood at the present Ume, and It is said that jealousy has for some little time past existed between him aud Meehan. Alter Mr. Meehan’s wounds had been dressed he was Temoved to the house of Edward L. Carey, at No. 44 Pike street. His residence is in Hudson City, where he has a wife and family. Keenan resides at No, 10 West Fourta street, and has oniy beea in tows country avout six months. REVOLTING TRAGEDY. Be Fe ot SEES So ER Se 6 ee Se ee ee Crime in Sullivan County—A Mother Cats the Thront of Her [nfant Daughter—Was it In- snue Affection t MippLetown, N, Y.. Feb. 28, 1870, A most horribie and revolting tragedy was enacted at the village of Phiilipsport, Sullivan county, on Saturday iast, @ inhuman fiend in the shape of @ woman cutting the throat of her own child, an interesting girl four years oid. The woman was the wife of a man named Daniel Tice, a laborer oa the Midiand Railroad, The husband was at his work atthe time the tragedy was committed, and the wife and two children were alone at the house. The eldest, ® boy about ten years of age, was sent out of the house by his mother to do some ‘chores.’ After he had left Mra, Tice took the Iittie girl and laid her neck acrosa an open trunk, and holding her in that posuon, cut her throat from ear to ear, almost severing ‘the head from the body. The boy soon returned and found the mother lying on the Boor by the child. He alarmed the neignbors, and when she arrived sho was in the samo position, She was placed upon # bed, where sue lay moaning for a long tine, An officer took her in charge and she has been locked up at Monticello. Various rumors are afoat as to the woman's mo- tive for committing the crime, A gentieman who was at the house a short time after the deed was commitied says that she stated that she killed the child to spite her tusband, as he thought a great deal of the tittle girth Another says that sho did tc because sné expeeted to die soon, aud then if her husband sbould marry again the chila would be abused, All the neighbors say that she has @ very vicious and morose disposition, aud some say thatshe and ber husband nave never lived pleasantly together, Most of the neighbors Relieve tug Woman to be sane, AMUSEMENTS, WALLAOK'S—Lowr at Ska.—The latest effort of Byron and Boucteauit in sensation drama, “Lost at Sea,” was brought out last might at Wallack's before genuine Wallackian audience in fashion and num- bers. 1818 of @ much higher order than the generality Of (he matertalistic Dion's works, abounding in effect; ive sitaations and tableaux and possessing & cobercn’ and well sustained plot. The tory is @ Complicated one tn point of grouping together incongruous characters, Mr. Franklin, a London banker, has @ customer im India, one Waiter Coram, who hag entrusted large sums of money to bis care in the way of business. He also hoa a very charming daughter, witha lordly lover, aad a very disrepute ble though blaud aod polished clerk, who alms at becom! Ois son-in-law and partner. ‘To accom. pltgh this end me seized On & favorable oppor tunity which presents itself in the reported death of Walter Coram, Who 1% paid to have been ‘ost Bt sea’ on » Tue wily clerk induces a quack doctor, wi releases from jail, to personate the lost Coram, ke having secured the effects of the Anglo-Indan habob, which had been forwarded by another vessel. ‘The real Coram turns up, however, aud wille pre serving his incognito manages W discover the schemes of his double and tue clerk. He coannen iso, to come across the quack doctor's family, ani {ulls desperately in love with the daughter, Katey, who has AD equally strong affection for tae banker’ clerk. The latter, accidentally discovering the gen- Whe Corain, concocts # plau to get rid of him, by druggiog his night drink and setting fire to the atic in Which ne sleeps. This is ube great effect in the play—the burning attte and the rescue of the im- brisoned Coram by Katey, who has discovered the treachery of tie banker's clerk, and whoso heart is attracted towards her true lover, The ress may be easy guessed-villany Jolied and virtue triumphantas usual. Tne dialogue 4 much superior to what we ordinarily find in mod- ern seusauion pieces, and it has evidently received ‘he careful attention of Byron. The cast was very stroug, aud, with tae exception of Mr, Owen Mar- lowe, who liad @ very ungrateful part and one en- Urely out of his line, wei distributed, . Stod- dart, ax the Doctor and doubie of the lost napoe, igi! surpassed hiuiself, His face alone w& ® fortune to him as a comedian. Mr. J. W. Wallack played the part of Coram in his usual peculiar styie of acting, which 18 pieas- ing and elective enough at lunes, but never varied, ho Matter what the role may be, He has ease avd command of a situation, but there 1s a consuant Last lessuess or 1odvlence of manner in all his charac- ters, Which gives the idea of monotony, Mr. Hield Was au irreprogchavie banker, and Mr. Fisher @ caiculaiing, npreasant villain. Mids Edie Ger- mon WOK proccaence of the other ladies mt making & genuine hit as Smyly, the quack doctor's errand boy, Miss Henriques played Kavey iu her accustomed quiet, Jagylike, cold manner. Sirs, Philips made @ lovable belle und Mra. Sefton did wat she could with the smali part of the doctor's wile. We would recommend Lord Colevrooke and Lana (Mr, Marlowe and Mrs. Phillips) to tone down the ove scene In the Drst act, 4s, however pretty it might be to toe parties concerned, third parties would be inclined to think it a little too strong. The scenery Was in the best stvie of this establishment, and two seenes—the steamboat pier at the toot of Hungerford bridge and the burning attic—were the Ones: of the Kind ever seen of Che metropolian boards, The crash of the failing roof and the giare of the fire reflecting the pale Lace of tie caged nabob, and the excited couateaances of the tiremen on the adjoining roots was very effective. ‘Toe scene was received wuh the wildest enthusiasm, There 13 hitle doubt of the play having a tong run, a8 1 compmnes the elemeuts of sensation with genuime dramatic merit, Ij requires consideravle pruming, as it did not close until near midnight, but it Was marred by very few hitches, those almost indispensabie con- COMMtants OF & Hirst night, Woon’s Musgum.—‘I'ne Golden Bubble, or @ Change of Fortune,” ts the name of a very entertain. ing play which was produced for the first time at this theatre lastevening. It has its origin tn the Mississippl scheme of George Law, which bank~ ruptea half of France, and tells the tale of one who, de Melnotie—despisea by the haughty girt or social souere trom his owo—fuaily reaps revenge In a change of fortune, buc takes that re- venge in the noblest spirit of uncorrupted manhood, Mr, Dominick Murray made a tremendous Nit in bhi play, and if he would only Make 16 his specialty might travel ‘rom end to end of the country reaping laurels a4 he goes. fie was exceedingly effective as Piere la Croche, and showed « Vigor, truth and fresh- oss ag the Hero of the pece for which some of his former critics would hardly give him cred. Miss Josephine Fiddes a8 Clarisse de Bellemat- son did hor best indeed, and if her voice lacks the necessary volume her sweet manner aud method of acting Make ample amends. ‘This piece ts oF the purest sentimental order, and well calculated to draw tears to the eyes of an appreciative audience, itshouid be mentioned that as Jaques Savor Mr. Louis Mestayer made an excelient dispiay. ARMY INTELLIGENCE. WASHINGTON, Feb, 23, 1870, The following general order has been issued from the Headquarters of the Army:— First—Tbe Senators and representatives from the State of Mississippi having been adinitied to their respective Houses of Cop , the command knowa ag the Fourth Military District has ceased to exist, Second—By direction of the President tie State of ississipp! is attached to the Deparcment of the “uraberiand, and the oificers and troops wituin tae ate Fouryh Military district will accordingly report HY itievet jor Genera) Qooke, commanding the department, as ple ails «third, thé Genéral comimanaing tie Tate Fonrin Military District will complete the records of that district as soon as practicable and send them to tae Adjutant General of the army, except such military records as should properly be retained at tne head- quarters of the department. which we will send tere, The act admitting Mississipp! is also pro- Mulgated in the feneral orders from the hoad- quarters of the arniy. Captain D. Monahan, of the Third cavatry, is re- lieved from recruiting service and ordered bo jo his regument. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel M. W. Keogh, of the Seventh cavalry, ts ordered to join his regiment in the Department of Missouri without delay. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, Feb, 28, 1870, Captain M. B. Woolsey has been detached from the South Atlantic feet and placea on waiting or ders, Lieutenant Commander Chas, F. Riake has been detached from the Naval Academy and granted @ sick leave, Assistant Paymaster Robert H Spauiding has been detached trom the New York Navy Yard and ordered to the Palos; Surgeon P. S. Wales has been detached from the Portsmouth and placed on waiting orders; Assistant Paymaster John ©. Barnett has been ordered w temporary duty a6 tbe Burean of Provisions and Cloching. James Devine, of No, 163 Chrystie strect, ana Michael Polster, of No, 219 East Fourth street, at an early hour thie morning engaged in a fizht at tue residence of Devine. In the course of the mélve Polster drew a large knife and stabned Devine in the arm. Ofllcer Dyer, of the Tenta pre- cinct, arrested Poister. Devine was taken to tie station house, where Dr. Cohen declared his wound ax Of a very serious Mature. The wounded man was taken to Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance, STATE PRSON MONTHLY RECORD. The total number of convicts in the mate depart- ment of Sing Sing Prison on February 1 was 1,165, During the month thirty-nine were received, thirty- two aischarged, one pardoned, one recaptured and one dted—iceving the total number Of males remaining on Fevruary 28, 1,171. in the female prison there were on the Ist of the month above stated 126 inmates. Simce then there were received during the mopth, five; discharged, one, Total remaining February 28, 130; making tae grand total of convicts in both prisons, 1, MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘The mat! steamship Idaho will leave this port on Wednosday for Queenstown, Liverpool, Derry and Glasgow. 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